to stop in the middle of a sentence
estimate (of costs); budget
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
growth period (in children)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
confused; flustered; at a loss
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
unmarried; not yet married
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to locate
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
single-mother household; fatherless family
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
during; for the duration of
pregnancy; conception; gestation
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased